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SOON I WILL BE INVINCIBLE!

"Soon I Will Be Invincible" is a novel written by Austin Grossman.

"This morning on planet Earth, there are one thousand, six hundred and eighty-six enhanced, gifted or otherwise-superpowered persons. Of these, one hundred and twenty-six are civilians leading normal lives. Thirty eight are kept in research facilities funded by the Department of Defense, or foreign equivalents. Two hundred and twenty-six are aquatic, confined to the oceans. Twenty-nine are strictly localized - powerful trees and genii loci, the Great Sphinx and the Pyramid of Giza. Twenty-five are microscopic (including the Infintesimal Seven). Three are dogs; four are cats; one is a bird. Six are made of gas. One is a mobile electrical effect, more of a weather pattern than person. Seventy-seven are alien visitors. Thirty-eight are missing. Forty-one are off-continuity, permanent émigrés to Earth's alternate realities and branching timestreams.

Six hundred and seventy-eight use their powers to fight crime, while four hundred and forty-one use their powers to commit them. Forty-four are currently confined in Special Containment for enhanced criminals. Of these last, it is interesting to note that an unusually high proportion have IQs of 300 or more - eighteen to be exact. Including me."

The book is based in the world we know, but it's populated by super-powered people known collectively as Metahumans; the story is told from two points of view: Fatale, a cyborg gone from mercenary to superhero and a super villain genius called Doctor Impossible, who suffers from Malign Hypercognition Disorder (otherwise known as Mad Scientist's Disorder) who is reputed to be one of the most dangerous men in the world. When the premier superhero of Earth (Corefire) goes missing, Earth's leading Super-team - new champions, long since disbanded - reunite to track down the culprit... their main suspect being Corefire's nemesis, Doctor Impossible!